No. 9. Barked Trees — Internal Improvements — Young Men. 293 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Mr. Editor, — While at tlie house of a 

 friend, in Jersey, a ¥qw days ag-o, I observed, 

 on walking with him in his garden, of which 

 he is justly proud, that some miscliievous 

 scoundrel had rung one of his iavourite apple 

 trees to the widtii of tour inches, leaving 

 that space perfectly clear of any bark what- 

 ever. My friend was excessively hurt, and 

 could not but believe that the tree would 

 die — that nothing could save it. A thought 

 struck me, which was put into practice in 

 atjout a minute ; and, as the case is novel to 

 me — although possibly very familiar to others 

 — I .should like to detail it for the guidance 

 of that portion of your readers who are un- 

 acquainted with it, but who might be called 

 upon to put it into practice at some future 

 time. We selected the useless limb of an 

 adjoining apple-tree, from whence we re- 

 moved the bark in as large portions as we 

 could, cutting it the exact length to fit the 

 opening in the other tree, allowing, I should 

 say, for the shrinking of the bark, whicii 

 would naturally take place on removal, and 

 placing each piece very carefully into the 

 cavity of the wounded tree — obseroing that 

 the course of the bark ran in the same di- 

 rection with that of the tree — and making 

 the joints as close as possible, we bound it 

 about with a soft strip of woollen cloth, and 

 over it a covering of pasteboard, the edges 

 made air tight by a dressing of shoemaker's 

 wax. Is there any danger of perfect success 

 in the cure ] 



Finding that the pasteboard case fitted the 

 part exactly, and made so complete a cover- 

 ing for the wound, we next applied, by way 

 of experiment, a bandage of it to the limb 

 from whence we had removed the bark, with- 

 out any other dressing whatever — being ex- 

 ceedingly careful to bind it at the edges only, 

 and well dressing those parts with the wax, 

 to keep it impervious to the atmosphere. 

 What will be the result? and will not the 

 edges of the bark more readily approach and 

 for7n an union, not being impeded by any 

 foreign matter, which it is usual to cram into 

 the wound on such an occasion. 



Caleb Ferney. 



Eastern Shore of Maryland, i 

 April 3d, 1840. \ 



Internal Improvements. 



Now, Messrs. Politicians, don't be alarm- 

 ed, for our system of internal improvements, 

 though attended with much toil and expendi- 

 ture, will not require a state tax, nor much, 

 if any, legislation. It is essentially a Demo- 

 cratic system — to be commenced by the peo- 

 ple, and carried on by the people, for the 

 exclusive benefit of the people. 



Our system is very simple. It is only for 



every farmer to mend up hi.s fences, till his 

 ground well, have it well prepared tor plant- 

 ing, have the crops in seasonably, tend them 

 well, keep down the weeds, see tiiat his 

 horses and cattle are fed and treated so as to 

 make them thrive, keep his implements in 

 order and in their place. For every tiither 

 to rule his family well, govern his children, 

 form their minds and manners by gotxl in- 

 struction, train them up in habits of industry, 

 honesty and .sobriet\% provide tliem with com- 

 fortable clothing, send them to school, pay 

 for their tuition, and have a care to the com- 

 pany they keep. For every husband to treat 

 his wife as a bosom companion : for every 

 woman to love her husband, and to prove a 

 helpmate for him, to keep from gossipping, 

 to spin more stocking tiian street yarn, to 

 keep the house tidy, and the family clothing 

 clean and well mended. For every damsel 

 to keep all grease spots from her clothes, 

 darn the heels of her stocking.^ remove beau- 

 catchers fi-om her head, to do much with 

 needles, and store her head with useful ideas. 

 For every young man to go decent, but to 

 buy no more clothes than he can honestly 

 pay for, work hard, behave courteously to 

 others, especially to old men, to guard against 

 self-importance and insolence ; if much in 

 company with ladies, to bljjfck his shoes, trim 

 his hair, throw away his segar and quid, at- 

 tend preaching regularly, and hold his tongue 

 if he cannot talk sensibly, and to get married 

 when he is twenty-five, if he can 'find any 

 one to have him. For magistrates to execute 

 the laws. For tavern-keepers to keep better 

 food than brandy. For towns to have clean 

 streets and good side-walks, to remove every 

 nuisance, and every thing injurious to health ; 

 favour good morals : for every district to sup- 

 port good schools. In fine, for it is impossible 

 to enumerate all the objects embraced in our 

 scheme — for every body to cease to do evil, 

 learn to do well, attend church on the Sabbath, 

 mind his own business, and subscribe for an 

 agricultural paper. — Sunday Morning Atlas. 



Useful suggestions to Young ]>Icn* 



In the course of my travels, I have seen 

 many a promising and fine young man grad- 

 ually led to dissipation, gambling, and ruin, 

 merely for the want of means to make a soli- 

 tary evening pass pleasantly. I earnestly 

 advise any youth who quits that abode of 

 purity, peace and delight, his parental home, 

 to acquire a taste for reading or writing. At 

 every place where he may reside long, either 

 in England or on the Continent, let him 

 study to make his apartments as attractive 

 and comfortable as possible ; for he will find 

 a little extraordinary expense, so bestowed 

 at the beginning, to be good economy in the 

 end. Let him read the best books in the Ian- 



